VERSES Occasioned by that famous piece of the CRUCIFIXION, DONE BY MICHAEL ANGELO. WHILE his Redeemer on his canvass dies, Views the pale cheek and the distorted mien; He studies torment; dives in mortal woe; 10 *Who obtained leave to treat a malefactor, condemned to be broke upon the wheel, as he pleased for this purpose. The man being extended, this wonderful artist directed that he should be stabbed in such parts of the body as he apprehended would occasion the most excruciating torture, that he might represent the agonies of death in the most natural manner. AN HISTORICAL EPILOGUE TO THE BROTHERS. BY THE AUTHOR. AN N Epilogue, thro' custom, is your right, What ample vengeance gluts Demetrius' shade! Perseus surviv'd, indeed, and fill'd the throne, But ceaseless cares in conquest made him groan: Nor reign'd he long; from Rome swift thunder flew, And headlong from his throne the tyrant threw: Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed his perjur'd bosom bled: His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart. When, rob'd in black, his children round him hung, And their rais'd arms in early sorrow wrung; The younger smil'd, unconscious of their woe, At which thy tears, O Rome! began to flow, So sad the scene: what then must Perseus feel, To see Jove's race attend the victor's wheel? 20 To see the slaves of his worst foes increase From such a source !---an emperor's embrace? 30 Shout, Britons! shout;----auspicious fortune bless! And cry, Long live---our title to success ! 49 Volume 17, CONTENTS. ODE, occasioned by his Majesty's roval encou- ultation. Page Imperium Pelagi: a Naval Lyric. Written in imi- |